Welcome to the Amherst Housing Blog! Here you can follow my search for adequate housing, learn a few tricks, avoid scams, get the low down on the rental scene, and post your own stories. This is meant to help all of you through the process and to keep these often wealthy, often unscrupulous landlords in check!! See sister Amherst Life Blog - http://amherstlife.blogspot.com/

Friday, July 07, 2006

I just saw an ad for a studio for $1,000/month in Hadley. What bothered me most, however, was the concluding sentence of the description (see UMass housing page):

"It may be a little pricy but its worth it for safty and comfort."

Don't buy the George W. rhetoric (and spelling mastery, ironically): Hadley is a serious farm town and the UMass area is safe. You don't need to spend that kind of $$ to avoid getting mugged, OK? This is Moooo-town: If you want to fear something, check out the fact that some local folks still go out cow-tipping for fun...

Welcome to the Amherst Housing Blog! Here you can follow my search for adequate housing, learn a few tricks, avoid scams, get the low down on the rental scene, and post your own stories. This is meant to help all of you through the process and to keep these often wealthy, often unscrupulous landlords in check!! See sister Amherst Life Blog - http://amherstlife.blogspot.com/